Lamp-bracket



E. G. CAMELINAT.

LAMP BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED 950.16. 191s.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A LAMP-BRACKET.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Application filed December 16, 1919. Serial No. 345,420.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EUGENE GEORGE CAME- LrNAr, citizen of France, residing at 35 Tenby street, Birmingham, England, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Lamp-Brackets, of which lthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamp brackets or supports for use on motor-cars and other vehicles, motor-cycles and the like, said brackets or supports being of that type which allows ot angular adjustment ot the lamp both in a vertical and in a horizontal. plane.

The object ot the present invention is to provide means for giving a tine angular adjustment ot the lamp in both the said planes, while at the same time giving a secure lock.

According to the invention, the lamp is adapted to be adjusted in a vertical or horizontal plane by means et worm gearing. Preferably the bracket or support comprises a lower fixed vertical socket, a stem or intermediate member rotatably7 mounted within the socket and adapted to be adjusted therein, in a horizontal plane, by worm gearing, and an upper part carried by the lamp body, jointed to the intermediate member and adapted to be angularly adjusted to give adjustment of the lamp in a vertical plane by means ot worm gearing.

Figure 1 ot the accompanying drawings represents a side view of a lamp bracket or support constructed in accordance with this invention, theworm gearing for admitting of the lamp being adjusted in vertical and vhorizontal planes Vbeing represented by dotted lines.

F ig. 2 is a front view of same.

Fig. 3 shows a horizontal section on the line zu, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the bracket, the upper portion ot the bracket, carried by the lamp body, being shown in an adjusted position.

The same reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in each ot the figures.

Referring to the drawings, the lamp body 1 is supported by a depending lug or tongue 2 which engages between the vertical jaws or cheeks ot a fork 3 carried at the summit ot a stem or pillar 4 having its lower end mounted in a socket 11 on the vehicle. A screw-pin or bolt 5 fitted with a clamping nut 6 and spring washer is passed transversely through the fork 3 and tongue 2 so as to form a. knuckle joint. The tongue 2 is preferably of circular form, and its periphery is provided with worin teeth 7 engaged by a worm 8 on a rotatable spindle 9 mounted in the fork 3. The spindle is inserted into a transverse hele or housing in the body ot' the said fork 3, its inner end 10 being of reduced diameter and being supported in a bearing or recess at the inner end of the housing. The worm 8 is formed on the intermediate port-ion of the spindle 9, the outer end being of smaller diameter than the worm and being supported within a removable bush 12 screwed into the outer end of the housing so as to engage the end ot the worm 8 and thus prevent back-lash and take the end thrust. The outer end of the bush is provided with a hexagonal head or flange 13, and the spindle 9 extends beyond this tiange, being provided with a knob or head 14 tor rotation by hand, or formed ot square section so that it can be readily rotated by a key or Spanner, thus causing the rotation ot the worm 8 and the adjust-ment ot the lamp. The latter may be fixed in its adjusted position by tightening up the nut 6 on the pivot of the knuckle oint.

The stem L1 is rotatable within the fixed socket 11 for adjustment of the lamp in a horizontal plane, this adjustment being etected by worm gearing comprising a rotatable worm 15 rotatably mounted within a housing or enlargement ot a collar 1G ixed upon the summit of the socket 11 and engaging, through an aperture in the socket, with worm teeth 17 formed on the exterior ot the stem 4. upon the top of the collar 1G and the worm 15 has a reduced end 19 supported in a bearing or recess at the inner end of the housing. The worm 15 is ormed'on the intermediate A shoulder 18 on the latter rests portion ot the spindle 20, the outer end being or" smaller diameter and being supported within a removable bush 21 screwed into the outer end of the housing so as to engage the end of the worm. The outer end ot the bush has a hexagonal tiange 22 and the spindle extends beyond this flange and has a knob or head 23 :tor rotation.

Having fully described my invention.y what l desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. A lamp bracket for use on motor vehicles comprising two angularly adjustable members, one member provided with a hous ing having one end open, the other member having Worm teeth, a worm within the housing of the first-named member and engaging the worm teeth of the other member, and a lserew plug closing the open end of said housing and serving as a bearing for one end of the worm.

2. lamp bracket for use on vehicles, oomprising a lower iXed vertical Socket member; an intermediate member rotatably mounted in said socket and having a pair oi' lugs and a housing at its upper end; worm gearing for adjusting said intermediate member in a horizontal plane; a-toothed lamp-Supporting lug hinged between the lugs of the intermediate member; and a worm in said houS- ing engaging the teeth on the lamp-supporting lug.

3. A lamp bracket for vehieles,eo1nprising Va lower fixed member having a socket and a housing at its upper end, an intermediate member having its lower end provided with Y EUGENE VeEoEeE CAMEL-INET.

Vitnesses L. L. SKERRETT, W. S. SKERRETT. 

